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Pak ceasefire violation: BSF jawan, 4 civilians killed in Kashmir; updates

Pakistan has in the past few days violated the ceasefire in various sectors of Jammu and Kashmir, and this at a time when India has suspended military operations in the state

Photo of BSF Constable Sitaram Upadhyay, who lost his life in ceasefire violation by Pakistan in RS Pura sector of #JammuAndKashmir
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Photo of BSF Constable Sitaram Upadhyay, who lost his life in ceasefire violation by Pakistan in RS Pura sector of #JammuAndKashmir

BS Web Team New Delhi
Pakistani troops on Friday fired at Indian posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in RS Pura, Bishnah and Arnia sectors of Jammu and Kashmir, killing four civilians and a Border Security Force (BSF) jawan. In total, 12 persons, including a BSF officer, were injured in the firing. The firing, for a third straight day, comes ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. A BSF officer said an assistant sub-inspector of the force had suffered a splinter injury at Pittal BoP and had been admitted to a hospital. In the heavy Pakistan shelling in

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